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McHard fifty four Pounds, one shilling & ten Pence and the
further sum of four Pounds ten shillings for the use Charles
Downes per Accounts passed by the A Gen^l
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Capt. Winder &
Capt. Peale of the first Regiment 1 2 yds white Casmire
& Sheeting for a pair of over alls each
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to James Boyle
of the Baltimore Galley as much Casmire as will make a pair
of Breeches and Waistcoat.
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to Capt Bryan
of the Dolphin Linen for 2 Shirts and Casmire for a p^r
Breeches & Waistcoat &c
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to General
Hooper 6 yds white Casmire for Capt. Eccleston of the 2^d
Regiment

Col^o Gist will please to furnish Capt. Peale & Capt Winder
with as much blue Cloth as will make each of them a Coat
out of the Cloth lately purchased of M^r Lux

C. B.

[Carroll to ?]

Monday 27 April 1778.
Dear Sir.
We have y^r letter & have written this day to M^r Morris for
the articles therein mentioned; Our letter is gone by an
Express, w^h the President had occasion to send in order to
return the original of y^r inclosed copy of a letter, from Gov^r
Johnstone to M^r Morris. Your application to Congress for
100000 Dollars shall be laid before Congress tomorrow. We
will write you the result by the first opportunity. Gen.
Amherst, General Murray, & Admiral Keppel are the Com-
missioners coming out under the Act of Parlia^t for offering
terms of peace & reconciliation. General Howe is recalled,
& Sir Henry Clinton is to succeed him, but I apprehend only
till General Amherst's arrival, I think as he is one of the Com-
missioners, he will have the supreme command of the Army.
I think we may fairly conclude from Gov^r Johnstone's
letter & from the articles in the Newspapers, w^h you have
seen, that some treaty, or the Preliminaries of a treaty have
been entered into between France & our Commissioners. We
have had no letters from them since last May, Several no
doubt have been intercepted. The Administration getting
wind of this treaty have been induced thereby to offer terms
to this Country: but no terms, short of Independence, are in

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